From Nador to Berkane, an unprecedented wave of suicides worries the authorities

The latest tragic incident concerns a man in his forties found lifeless under a bridge. This death is part of a dark series that has struck several provinces since the end of February, under circumstances that remain systematically unclear.

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The profiles of the victims illustrate a distress that spares no category. This fatal wave includes a septuagenarian in Berkane, a sub-Saharan migrant and a family man in Nador, a 27-year-old in Guercif, and a craftsman living alone in Driouch.

For each tragedy, the authorities have immediately ordered judicial inquiries and autopsies. The bodies have been transferred to the morgues of the provincial hospitals in order to elucidate the precise causes of these acts and to finalize the legal procedures.

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This rapid succession of tragedies must make the authorities think. Faced with the lack of adequate psychological support, the deployment of proximity prevention mechanisms becomes imperative in the hope of stemming this tragic spiral.

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